{"id":104,"date":"2014-06-02T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crcuhwp.uconn.edu\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:54:08","slug":"core-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/core-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">The CRC Core Lab offers investigators access to reliable and validated assays of biological macromolecules. The lab focuses on measurements not typically available in the hospital&#8217;s clinical or reference laboratories. Investigators are encouraged to contact the Core Lab staff to discuss specialized assay needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Location<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Core Lab office and sample analysis areas (L1098 and L1100) are located on the first floor of the L-building near the main bank of elevators.<\/li>\n<li>The Sample Processing Lab is located in the CRC clinic space, CM219.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Services<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sample processing: preparation and shipping of research samples<\/li>\n<li>Performance of radioimmunoassays and enzyme-linked immunoassays<\/li>\n<li>Performance of multiplex bead assays using the Luminex 200 instrumentation<\/li>\n<li>Isolation of DNA and RNA from blood and tissue samples<\/li>\n<li>SNP genotyping<i> <\/i>using Taqman PCR methods<\/li>\n<li>RT-PCR analysis of specific mRNAs using quantitative TaqMan PCR methods<\/li>\n<li>Storage of specimens in alarmed -80 freezers (limited availability)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Staff<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Deborah Bathrick<\/b><br \/>\nClinical Research Technician<br \/>\nPhone: 860.679.5104<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:bathrick@uchc.edu\">bathrick@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/Kalinowski-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/Kalinowski-2-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Judy Kalinowski, Research Associate\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/Kalinowski-2-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/09\/Kalinowski-2.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Judy Kalinowski, BS<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch Associate 2<br \/>\nPhone: 860.679.3681<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kalinowski@uchc.edu\">kalinowski@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf-278x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Jordan Wolf, Research Assistant\" width=\"126\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf-278x300.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf-948x1024.jpeg 948w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf-768x829.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf-1423x1536.jpeg 1423w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/01\/Wolf.jpeg 1870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Jordan Wolf, BS<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch Assistant 2<br \/>\nPhone: 860.679.3681<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jorwolf@uchc.edu\">jorwolf@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CRC Core Lab offers investigators access to reliable and validated assays of biological macromolecules. The lab focuses on measurements not typically available in the hospital&#8217;s clinical or reference laboratories. Investigators are encouraged to contact the Core Lab staff to discuss specialized assay needs. Location The Core Lab office and sample analysis areas (L1098 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 16:10:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4564,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/4564"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}